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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - It is important to learn about science to get ahead in the world.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt70.6%
2 Jordan67.2%
3 Kuwait62.2%
4 Saudi Arabia61.7%
5 Bahrain60.7%
6 Oman59.7%
7 United Arab Emirates59.6%
8 South Africa58.1%
9 Iran56.3%
10 Malaysia55.9%
11 Qatar53.9%
12 Lebanon53.3%
12 Turkiye53.3%
14 Morocco 52.9%
15 Singapore49.6%
16 Georgia48.1%
17 United States42.1%
18 Israel41.4%
19 Romania37.7%
20 United Kingdom37.4%
21 Cyprus34.4%
22 Australia34.3%
23 Russian Federation31.8%
24 Kazakhstan31.6%
25 Ireland31.4%
26 New Zealand30.7%
27 Portugal28.6%
28 Chile27.9%
28 Norway27.9%
30 Hong Kong, China27.7%
31 Republic of Korea26.8%
32 Hungary25.6%
33 Italy25.0%
34 France21.4%
35 Lithuania20.9%
36 Finland19.3%
37 Sweden17.8%
38 Taiwan16.1%
39 Japan15.8%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.433755 X +7.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -55711.445617 X +56881.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.329186 X +84.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.143416 X +0.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -25.273207 X +21.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336